Dipped latex girdle



Feb. 1, 1955 s. E. ROSENBERG DIPPED LATEX GI RDLE Filed Oct. 10, 1951 12a) I faraway e5 United States Patent DIPPED LATEX GIRDLE Stig E.Rosenberg, Brockton, Mass.

Application October 10, 1951, Serial No. 250,626

3 Claims. (Cl. 2--33) This invention relates to improvements in dippedlatex girdles such as are made by dipping a suitable form into a pool ofprepared latex repeatedly until a coating of desired thickness has beendeposited on the form. The coating is stripped from the form and cut tomake the upper and lower openings of the girdle. According to thepresent invention an improved manner of cutting is employed whichreduces the amount of waste material which must be discarded.

The invention further relates to dipped latex girdles having improvedreinforcing patches on the lower portion thereof to support members,such as garter straps or a crotch piece, which are detachable so thatthe girdle can be worn with or without them. Such patches are preferablyof thin sheet material which is relatively tough and are made with acentral slot of substantial width cut therein. The patches are appliedto the form after it has been dipped once or twice to pick up an initialcoating of latex. After the patches are applied to the form, they arecovered by subsequent dippings, the films of latex thus obtainedcoalescing with the initial film through the slots as well as around thepatches. Thus each patch is completely encased by latex deposited on theform, and a slit is cut in the latex spanning the slot of each patch toreceive a member, such as a garter strap, which is to be supported.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be hadto the following description thereof, and to the drawing, of which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a girdle following theinvention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a similar girdle with detachable garterstraps thereon;

Figure 4 is an elevation of a form for use in making the girdleillustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of an improved reinforcing patch;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevation of a wall of a girdle having a patchmounted therein; and

Figure 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

The girdle illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 is made by repeatedly dippinga form 10 in prepared latex and allowing each film to dry after each dipuntil the desired thickness is obtained in the coating deposited on theform. The coating is then suitably treated as by vulcanizing and isstripped from the form. The upper and lower por tions of the strippedarticle are trimmed as indicated in Figures 1 and 2. The upper end iscut so that the front wall 12 has a top edge 14 which is slightlyconcave. The rear wall 16 has an upper edge 18 which is concave to aconsiderably greater degree as indicated in Figure 2. Since theunstressed shape of the girdle is similar to that of the form on whichit was deposited, it will present an appearance as indicated in Figure 1when lying on a supporting surface, the front and back walls beingsubstantially parallel and connected by sharply curved side walls.

The lower portion of the front wall is cut so as to form two deeprecesses 20 and 22 which extend upward from the bottom edge of thearticle. These recesses provide leg holes and define between them acentral portion 24 which extends to but not beyond the lower edge of therear wall 16. This central portion 24 serves as a crotch piece for thegirdle. The lower edge of the wall is approximately straight but theportions on either side of 2,700,766 Patented Feb. 1, 1955 the crotchpiece may slope slightly downward from the outer edge of the girdletoward the crotch piece.

Figure 3 shows a girdle which may be similar in shape to the girdleshown in Figure 1. This girdle however is provided with four reenforcingpatches embedded in the front and rear walls of the girdle, each wallhaving two of these patches.

As shown in Figure 5, each patch is preferably of oval shape with acentral slot 32 of substantial width. For

0 example, the patch 30 may be an inch and a quarter long and aboutthree quarters of an inch wide, the width of the slot being a quarterinch or less. These figures are by way of illustration and may bevaried.

When girdles are to be made with reinforcing patches, the form is givenone or more initial dips to pick up a thin film of latex on the surfaceof the form. The dried film is sticky so that when patches 30 arepressed against it they readily adhere to it. The form is thenadditionally dipped a desired number of times, the added films overlyingthe patches and coalescing with the initially deposited film through theslots 32 as well as around the patches so that in the finished articlethe films which underlie and overlie the patches merge in the slots.

After the envelope of latex has been vulcanized and stripped from theform, a slit 33 is cut through the latex film in each slot 32 to receivea garter strap 34. Each slit is spaced from the edges of the slot sothat the patch itself remains completely embedded and sealed in thelatex wall of the garment, as indicated in Figure 7.

Each strap has a flat toggle 36 attached to an end thereof so that whenthe strap is drawn through the slit in one of the reenforcing patches,the toggle bears against the patch and supports the strap. The straphowever is easily removable so that the girdle can be worn with orwithout the garter straps.

Similarly, patches may be employed to support a removable crotch pieceas described in my copending application Serial No. 244,815, filedSeptember 1, 1951.

The form 10 is preferably of metal, such as aluminum, having parallelside faces which are joined by rounded edge surfaces 40. Suitablesupporting means 42 are provided for the suspension of the form duringthe dipping operations. The lower edge of the form may be slightlyconcave in shape as at 44 so as to conform approximately to the upperedge 14 of the girdle so that a minimum amount of material will have tobe trimmed away in making the edge 14.

I claim:

1. A girdle of deposited latex having front and back walls which aresubstantially flat when unstressed, the lower portion of said front wallhaving two curved recesses defining a central crotch piece which extendsto but not beyond the bottom edge of the rear wall and is integraltherewith, said front and back walls having small reinforcing patchesnear their lower edges for the support of detachable members, each saidpatch being of thin tough sheet material with a central slot ofsubstantial width, each said patch being completely enclosed by latexfilms on both faces of the patch, which films merge in said slot.

2. A girdle as in claim 1, and a garter strap removably attached to eachsaid patch to be supported thereby.

3. A girdle as in claim 1, each said patch being of thin tough sheetmaterial with a central slot of substantial width, each said patch beingcompletely enclosed by latex films on both faces of the patch, whichfilms merge in said slot.

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